Italian police detain hundreds as stores looted in weekend unrest in Milan
Italian police detained 271 young people during unrest in Milan on Sunday, authorities said, after a second day of protests over poor public services and rising costs that saw demonstrators clash with officers, loot stores and vandalise property.
Italian authorities arrested 271 young individuals during violent unrest in Milan on Sunday, following two days of protests over deteriorating public services and soaring expenses, according to officials. Demonstrators clashed with police, engaged in looting, and damaged property, with riot police deploying tear gas and water cannons as several hundred hooded protesters burned bins and stole merchandise from establishments such as sports retailer Decathlon and outdoor gear company Arc’teryx, as well as telecommunications firm Vodafone, according to television footage.
Out of the detained, 32 were formally arrested, including 23 juveniles and 13 foreign nationals, police announced on Monday. An additional 28 individuals were reported to judicial authorities. The disturbances followed comparable confrontations on Saturday in northern Italian cities like Milan, Bologna, Brescia, Bergamo, and Turin, resulting in the arrest of 28 protesters, as per a police report released on Sunday.
These events mirrored unrest in neighboring France, where hundreds of thousands of citizens frustrated by rising living costs and diminishing public services took to the streets on Saturday in some of the country's most tumultuous protests in recent years. Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, who stands for re-election next year, denounced the violence and pledged a government meeting on Monday to address the situation.
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